# 2014–15 Guatemalan Liga Nacional

The 2014–15 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season was the 16th season in which the Apertura and Clausura season was used. The season began on 19 July 2014 and ended on 23 May 2015.

## Format

The format for both championships are identical. Each championship will have two stages: a first stage and a playoff stage. The first stage of each championship is a double round-robin format. The teams that finish first and second in the standings will advance to the playoffs semifinals, while the teams that finish 3–6 will enter in the quarterfinals. The winner of each quarterfinal will advance to the semifinals. The winners of the semifinals will advance to the finals, which will determine the tournament champion.

## Teams

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| Antigua GFC | Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepequez | Pensativo | 9,000 |
| Coatepeque | Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango | Israel Barrios | 20,000 |
| Comunicaciones | Guatemala, Guatemala | Cementos Progreso | 16,000 |
| Guastatoya | Guastatoya, El Progreso | David Cordón Hichos | 3,000 |
| Halcones FC | La Mesilla, Huehuetenango | Comunal | 5,340 |
| Malacateco | Malacatán, San Marcos | Santa Lucía | 7,000 |
| Marquense | San Marcos, Guatemala | Marquesa de la Ensenada | 10,000 |
| Municipal | Guatemala, Guatemala | Manuel Felipe Carrera | 7,500 |
| Petapa | San Miguel Petapa, Guatemala | Julio Armando Cobar | 7,000 |
| Suchitepéquez | Mazatenango, Suchitepéquez | Carlos Salazar Hijo | 12,000 |
| Universidad SC | Guatemala, Guatemala | Revolución | 5,000 |
| Xelajú MC | Quetzaltenango | Mario Camposeco | 11,000 |

## Torneo Apertura

The 2014 Torneo Apertura began on July 19, 2014 and ended on December 20, 2014.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Comunicaciones | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 15 | +19 | 43 | Qualified to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Marquense | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 19 | +11 | 42 | Qualified to the Semifinals |
| 3 | Municipal | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 19 | +18 | 39 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Suchitepéquez | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 31 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Petapa | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 30 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 6 | Antigua GFC | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 30 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 7 | Xelajú MC | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 30 | |
| 8 | Universidad SC | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 26 | |
| 9 | Malacateco | 22 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 26 | |
| 10 | Guastatoya | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 31 | −11 | 25 | |
| 11 | Halcones FC | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 42 | −18 | 23 | |
| 12 | Coatepeque | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 34 | −19 | 17 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ANT | COA | COM | GUA | HAL | MAL | MAR | MUN | PET | SUC | USC | XEL |
| Antigua GFC | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Coatepeque | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Comunicaciones | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Guastatoya | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Halcones FC | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Malacateco | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Marquense | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Municipal | 0–0 | 6–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Petapa | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Suchitepéquez | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Universidad SC | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 1–3 |
| Xelajú MC | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |

### Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 5 | Deportivo Petapa | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Suchitepéquez | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Suchitepéquez | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Comunicaciones | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Suchitepéquez | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| 5 | | | | | 4 | Suchitepéquez | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Comunicaciones | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Municipal | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Municipal | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Municipal | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Antigua GFC | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Antigua GFC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Marquense | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Municipal | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| 7 | | | | | 3 | Municipal | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Finals
##### First leg
##### Second leg
### Top Goalscorers

    As of November 19th, 2014
| Rank | Player | Club | Home | Away | Goals |
| 1 | Carlos Ruíz | Municipal | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | Fernando Gallo | Halcones FC | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Emiliano Ariel López | Suchitepéquez | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Wilber Pérez | Petapa | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Adrián Apellaniz | Petapa | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Rolando Blackburn | Comunicaciones | 7 | 1 | 8 |

## List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2014. The following players:
* have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
* have not been capped for the Guatemala national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace
A new rule was introduced a few season ago, that clubs can only have five foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or player/s is released.

## Torneo Clausura

The 2015 Torneo Clausura began on 18 January 2015 and ended on 23 May 2015.

### Personnel and sponsoring

| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
| Antigua GFC | Rafael Arreaga | Mauricio Tapia | TBD | Pegamex |
| Coatepeque | Eduardo Avila | Manuel Castañeda | Puma | TBD |
| Comunicaciones | Pedro Portilla | William Coito Olivera | TBD | TBD |
| Guastatoya | | Ariel Sena | TBD | TBD |
| Halcones | TBD | Ronald Gomez | TBD | TBD |
| Malacateco | TBD | Emilio Umanzor | TBD | TBD |
| Marquense | TBD | Carlos Washington Blanco | TBD | TBD |
| Municipal | TBD | Enzo Trossero | TBD | TBD |
| Deportivo Petapa | TBD | Pablo Centrone | TBD | TBD |
| Suchitepéquez | TBD | Walter Claverí | TBD | TBD |
| Universidad SC | TBD | Francisco Melgar Samayoa | TBD | TBD |
| Xelajú | TBD | Nahúm Espinoza | RetoSports | TBD |

### During the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| Deportivo Coatepeque | Manuel Castañeda | Sacked | Feb 2015 | Héctor Julián Trujillo | Feb 2015 | 12th (Clausura 2015) |
| Universidad SC | Francisco Melgar Samayoa | Sacked | 2015 | Roberto Gamarra | 2015 | 9th (Clausura 2015) |
| Deportivo Coatepeque | Héctor Julián Trujillo | resigned | 2015 | Sergio Pardo | 2015 | 12th (Clausura 2015) |
| Deportivo Coatepeque | Sergio Pardo | Sacked | April 2015 | Otto Muñoz | April 2015 | 12h (Clausura 2015) |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Comunicaciones | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 50 | 14 | +36 | 48 | Qualified to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Municipal | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 16 | +15 | 42 | Qualified to the Semifinals |
| 3 | Suchitepéquez | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 38 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Antigua GFC | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 35 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Xelajú | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 31 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 6 | Malacateco | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 29 | Qualified to the Quarterfinals |
| 7 | Deportivo Petapa | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 28 | |
| 8 | Marquense | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 27 | |
| 9 | Universidad SC | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 26 | |
| 10 | Guastatoya | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 22 | |
| 11 | Halcones | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 20 | |
| 12 | Coatepeque | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 33 | −21 | 17 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ANT | COA | COM | GUA | HAL | MAL | MAR | MUN | PET | SUC | USC | XEL |
| Antigua GFC | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Coatepeque | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Comunicaciones | 0–1 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 |
| Guastatoya | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Halcones FC | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 5–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 |
| Malacateco | 2–3 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Marquense | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 1–4 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Municipal | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Petapa | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Suchitepéquez | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Universidad SC | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 0–2 |
| Xelajú MC | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | |

### Playoffs
#### Quarterfinals
##### Second leg

Suchitepéquez won 1–0 on aggregate.
Antigua won 3–1 on aggregate.

#### Semifinals
##### Second leg

Comunicaciones won 6-2 on aggregate.
Municipal won 3-1 on aggregate.

#### Finals
##### Second leg

Comunicaciones won 4-3 on aggregate.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Emiliano Ariel López | C.D. Suchitepéquez | 12 |
| 2 | Rolando Blackburn | CSD Comunicaciones | 11 |
| 3 | José Manuel Contreras | CSD Comunicaciones | 9 |
| 4 | Carlos Ruiz | C.S.D. Municipal | 7 |
| 5 | Luis Javier María Guarino | Club Xelajú MC | 6 |
| 6 | Adrian Apellaniz | Deportivo Petapa | 5 |
| 7 | Jonny Brown | Deportivo Marquense | 5 |
| 8 | Agustín Herrera | CSD Comunicaciones | 5 |
| 9 | Oscar Isaula | Antigua GFC | 5 |
| 10 | Wilber Perez | Deportivo Petapa | 5 |

## List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2014. The following players:
* have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
* have not been capped for the Guatemala national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace
A new rule was introduced a few season ago, that clubs can only have five foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or player/s is released.